Ricky Hatton; Good Call.

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urango got soundly beaten BECAUSE he had no way of matching hattons workrate and his main attribute just happened to be hattons who was much much better at it.

To use urango as an example is baseless. Hatton hasnt had to go to war with anyone since he fought tszyu and when he did try to against floyd he got stopped every time.

As for floyd being busier on the inside

If you count ducking and springing up with an overhand every time they clenched then you may be right. Thats not what i call fighting on the "inside" and however hard ricky tried to turn the fight into a battle it got broken up.

You stick floyd in wembley stadium, with a medium sized ring and a ref like micky vann and you take mayweather out of his comfort zone and turn the tables completely into hattons favour.

And what exactly was Hatton doing on the inside when they were allowed to? he certainly wasn't throwing any punches, and that goes for the later rounds against the inexperienced Urango as well.

Whatever he did, it saw him win 11/12 rounds.

I'm not disputing that Hatton is a very good inside fighter, I'm disputing the claim that he could best every fighter at 147 on the inside.

Hammer: I think we have different perspectives on good inside work, I'm talking about fighting within range in general (e.g.Frazier) than just the hook and hold style, by your reckoning Ruiz is the finest exponent of inside fighting in history.

I remember the old Hatton fights pre Tzyu where he used good footwork to get inside, unload his shots and get out safely, without excessive holding. I can understand the strategy for Tzyu to completely smother him since his most powerful punches were delivered from a distance, but he's stayed with pretty much the same strategy since, either through choice or he's let himself go so much betwwen fights he no longer has the legs in the later rounds.